Academic Success and Professional Development Plan - Walden University

This assignment presents a professional development plan focusing on the nursing profession. The student analyzes an article concerning professional self-concept and clinical performance, using the CAPR tool to assess its credibility. The assignment highlights the importance of peer-reviewed articles and discusses strategies for identifying appropriate research, including using library databases and planning search strategies. The student emphasizes the connection between professional knowledge, self-concept, and practice within nursing, and concludes that focusing on these theories leads to positive outcomes. The assignment includes references to support the analysis, and the student's interest lies in the professional development of nursing, which is discussed in the introduction and throughout the body of the work.

Running head: ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
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Introduction
Professional practices nee a constant up gradation to enhance the knowledge and practice.
This study is based on an article of professional practice. There would be an analysis of the
theories in the section of professional practice in nursing. Other than that the study also
includes the effective methods of identifying and analysing the peer reviewed articles. The
discussion of two strategies for identifying the right resource for journals would be done. One
of these resources would be analysed specifically so that it could be used in future search for
resources.
Discussion
The topic of my interest is the professional development in nursing occupation. To
understand the theories and practices in this subject, an article has been selected. This article
is quite effective for the nursing professional who are trying to gain professional self-concept
and link them with their clinical performance (Coventry, Maslin‐Prothero & Smith, 2015). To
understand the credibility of the article, the CAPR tools is used. The theory of self-concept
and professional development is studied in this article (Poorgholami et al., 2016).
Credentials: This is a peer reviewed article that shows its result in primary data collection.
The study in this article has been done on the Jahrom University of Medical Sciences in 2013
nursing students. The number of students were 100 and they have been asked question of
professional self-concept and clinical knowledge.
Accuracy: the data collected are accurate as this is first had data.
Relevance: this study is relevant for the nursing students and their professional development.

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Purpose: the main purpose of this article is to analyse the connection between self-concept
and clinical performance.
My approach to identify the right research is that the article must be peer reviewed. In the
peer-reviewed journals, the information is available in the database and there is a clear
mention of the peer-reviewed articles. To analyse these articles, one must first consider the
methodology of the study. To understand that the methodology is appropriate for the study or
not and how the author has analysed the data collected is the second priority (Highfield et al.,
2016). All the research gaps of the article must be reviewed in the course.
Two main strategy to identify the appropriate peer reviewed journals are- using library data
base and to plan my search (Harper, Aucoin & Warren, 2016). Using the library data base
gives authenticity to the search, while planning the search would make the process easy and
systematic.
Library data base the most effective way to find the peer reviewed articles. The resources in
the library data bases are scholarly and authentic. The articles are been reviewed by the
experts in the subjects and high quality articles are found in the library database resources.
Conclusion
Finally to could be said that finding the right type of article for the research is quite
important. Peer-reviewed articles are of high quality and they are authentic. In the nursing
profession to understand the relation between professional knowledge, self-concept and
practice are all related. One would get positive outcome if they concentrate on all these
theories while performing their job roles.

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References
Coventry, T. H., Maslin‐Prothero, S. E., & Smith, G. (2015). Organizational impact of nurse
supply and workload on nurses continuing professional development opportunities: an
integrative review. Journal of advanced nursing, 71(12), 2715-2727. Retrieved from:
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Harper, M. G., Aucoin, J., & Warren, J. I. (2016). Nursing professional development
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Highfield, M. E., Collier, A., Collins, M., & Crowley, M. (2016). Partnering to Promote
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Poorgholami, F., Ramezanli, S., Jahromi, M. K., & Jahromi, Z. B. (2016). Nursing students'
clinical performance and professional self-concept. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science,

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